Setting up the business app
Signing in to EOLA Today for Business, picking your place, and making sure no order goes unheard.
EOLA Today for Business is the app your counter runs on: orders, the chat with customers, stock, posts and the door at events. EOLA sends you the link to install it. It uses the same account as eola.today.
Signing in
- Open the app. On Sign in, enter your email and password and tap Sign in.
- New to EOLA? Tap New here? Create an account, fill in Your name, email and password, and tap Create account.
- Forgot it? Tap Forgot password?, enter your email and tap Email me a link.
Picking your place
If you’re on more than one place, the app asks which to open. Each row shows your role there. A place still being set up shows a Setting up badge: you can look around, but it isn’t taking orders yet.
Not on a place yet? You’ll see You’re not on a business yet. Type your code under Have an invite code? and tap Join, or pull down to refresh if EOLA added you by email. More in Getting started.
To change places later, go to Settings and tap Switch business. It only shows when you’re on more than one.
What’s in the app
The tabs along the bottom depend on your place and your role.
| Tab | Who sees it |
|---|---|
| Orders | Everyone, at a place that takes delivery orders. |
| Stock | Everyone, at a place that takes delivery orders. |
| Events | Everyone, at a place that hosts events with tickets on EOLA. |
| Posts | Managers and owners. |
| Settings | Everyone. |
A venue that only hosts events has no Orders or Stock tab; it opens on Events. On an iPad, or a big phone held sideways, the order board shows the list and the open order side by side.
Order alerts
The first time the order board opens, the app asks to send notifications. Say yes: that’s how a new order chimes even when the app is closed.
Check it any time in Settings under Order alerts. It tells you whether alerts are on for this device. If they’re off, tap Turn on alerts (or Open Settings if you said no before) and allow notifications.
Tap Play the chime to hear what a new order sounds like, and turn the volume up until you can hear it over the kitchen.
The best setup
- A tablet, plugged in, near the pass, with the app open on the order board.
- The chime plays even with the ring switch on silent, and the screen stays on while orders are showing.
- Staff can sign in on their own phones too; every device signed in to the place gets the alert.
Signing out
In Settings, under Account, tap Sign out. A signed-out device gets no order alerts, so leave the counter tablet signed in.